From: Objectives Worksheet- Application of Gronlund Objectives for Strand's "Eating Poetry"

Situation: You've decided to teach the Mark Strand poem "Eating Poetry" (provided in class). Assume the class is the grade level you are teaching for your placement and that it is a heterogeneously grouped English language arts class with several students considered "at risk." Your main purpose is that you want the poem to frame the next two weeks of instruction during which they will be reading and writing a plethora of poems!

Task: Develop a series of three general instructional objectives and flesh out each with a series of specific learning outcomes as indicated.

Objectives
  • Cognitive
    • SWBAT evaluate the most important aspects of the poem.
      • summarize the poem using their own words
      • comprehend the poem
      • infer the meanings/themes of the poem
      • create a new stanza by imitating the previous stanzas
      • demonstrate understanding of the literary devices associated with the poem
  • Affective
    • SWBAT collaborate effectively with peers
      • answer questions about the poem
      • compare this poem to reading poetry with a group
      • contribute to discussion of themes
  • Performance
    • SWBAT be actively involved in class activities and individual assignments
      • create poetry
      • reorganize the poem
      • utilize artistic abilities
      • read poetry aloud